Honda pays extra bonus to employees by mistake, now wants it back

The firm gave them nine days until September 22 to refund the extra amount, as per reports. If the staffers fail to respond to the mail to tell their choice of mode of repayment, the amount would automatically be deducted from their pay cheques later.

The wife of a Honda employee told NBC News, “Not a lot of people can handle this kind of a hit.” She said her husband had been asked to return almost 8 percent of his bonus, which amounted to hundreds of dollars.

Even as employees may find it unfair, legal experts have clarified that the automaker is well within its rights to tell employees to return the extra bonus. “Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which applies to all employers in the United States, it’s quite clear that overpayments of bonuses or wages can be recouped by the employer,” Sarah Cole, a law professor at the Ohio State University was quoted as saying by Moneycontrol.com.